EFFECTS OF TASK COMPLEXITY, TASK CONDITIONS, AND TASK DIFFICULTY ON THE GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY OF EFL LEARNERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE

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AHANGARI SAEIDEH; AKBARI MAHLAGHA

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Journal: THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE Year:2012 | Volume:5 | Issue:11 Page(s): 1-15

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EFFECTS OF TASK COMPLEXITY, TASK CONDITIONS, AND TASK DIFFICULTY ON THE GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY OF EFL LEARNERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE

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AHANGARI SAEIDEH | AKBARI MAHLAGHA | Issue Writer Certificate

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TASK COMPLEXITY (TASK TYPE: HERE-AND-NOW & THERE-AND-THEN)Q2

TASK CONDITIONS (GENDER: MALE & FEMALE)Q2

TASK DIFFICULTY (PROFICIENCY: LOWER-INTERMEDIATE & INTERMEDIATE)Q2

ACCURACYQ2

Abstract

Different methods of language teaching have tried to help EFL learners to develop good language skills based on their various perspectives. Research findings have underscored the effect of using task types in promoting language skills in terms of ACCURACY in written discourse. Therefore, this study set out to investigate whether there is an evidence of correct use of simple past tense (Accuracy) based on Task Complexity (Task type: Here-and now & There-and-then),Task Conditions (Gender: Male & Female), and Task Difficulty (Proficiency: Lower-intermediate & Intermediate). Sixty Iranian English learners in a language institute participated in the study and were assigned to four groups of lower-intermediate male, lower-intermediate female, intermediate male and intermediate female. Initial homogeneity of the groups was verified using two general proficiency tests; KET for lower-intermediate and PET for intermediate. All groups in here-and-now task type were asked to write a story using simple past based on a picture strip while for there-and-then task type the participants were supposed to write about their last birthday. The results from paired samples t-test, independent samples t-test and two-way ANOVA analysis of the written data revealed significant differences in performing task types, at different proficiency levels and interaction between them. The findings have significant pedagogical implications for EFL learners to understand the relationship among Task Complexity, Task Conditions, Task Difficulty and L2 written production leading to various degrees of ACCURACY.

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AHANGARI, SAEIDEH, & AKBARI, MAHLAGHA. (2012). EFFECTS OF TASK COMPLEXITY, TASK CONDITIONS, AND TASK DIFFICULTY ON THE GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY OF EFL LEARNERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE. THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE, 5(11), 1-15. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/181261/en

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AHANGARI SAEIDEH, AKBARI MAHLAGHA. EFFECTS OF TASK COMPLEXITY, TASK CONDITIONS, AND TASK DIFFICULTY ON THE GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY OF EFL LEARNERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE. THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE[Internet]. 2012;5(11):1-15. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/181261/en

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SAEIDEH AHANGARI, and MAHLAGHA AKBARI, “EFFECTS OF TASK COMPLEXITY, TASK CONDITIONS, AND TASK DIFFICULTY ON THE GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY OF EFL LEARNERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE,” THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 1–15, 2012, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/181261/en

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